2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 10 6 31–5 16–2 Bo Ryan Greg Gard Gary Close Howard Moore Kohl Center 2008 Big Ten Season & Tournament Champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Bo Ryan, coaching his seventh season with the Badgers. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team finished with a final record of 31–5 which set the school record for wins in a season. Season Notes This was the second of back-to-back 30+ win season for Wisconsin. Brian Butch and Michael Flowers were seniors; Marcus Landry and Joe Krabbenhoft were juniors; Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon were sophomores. All contributed to the team's success. Wisconsin won the Big Ten regular season title outright, won the Big Ten tournament championship, and were only awarded a #3 seed. It apparently was a down year for the Big Ten as only four teams made the NCAA tournament. Wisconsin handled #14 seed Cal State Fullerton 71-56 in the first round. Then had to be on "upset alert" for #11 seed cinderella Kansas St, who boasted stud freshman Michael Beasley. However, Wisconsin prevailed 72-55. In the Sweet Sixteen they ran into the true cinderella, #10 seed Davidson with Steph Curry, and lost 56-73. Trevon Hughes was hobbled with a bum ankle and only played 11 minutes in that game. This was the year all #1 seeds made the Final Four, and Kansas beat Memphis in the championship. Awards All-Big Ten by Mediahttp://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031008aag.html Indiana's White Named Big Ten Player of the Year by Coaches and Media BigTen.org 2017-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212082939/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031008aag.html 2012-02-12 dead Brian Butch - 1st team Michael Flowers - 2nd team Marcus Landry - 3rd team Trevon Hughes - Honorable mention All-Big Ten by Coaches Brian Butch - 1st team Marcus Landry - 2nd team Michael Flowers - 3rd team & All-Defensive team Joe Krabbenhoft - All-Defensive team Roster No.NamePositionHt.Wt.YearHometown/High School12Jason BohannonG6–2195SOMarion, Iowa / Linn-Mar HS14Tanner BronsonG5–11160SRGlendale, Wisconsin / Nicolet HS32Brian ButchF6–11240SRAppleton, Wisconsin / West HS21Morris CainG6–5185JRGlendale, Wisconsin / Nicolet High School22Michael FlowersG6–2185SRMadison, Wisconsin / La Follette High School44J.P. GavinskiC6–11250RS FRWisconsin Dells, Wisconsin / Wisconsin Dells HS43Kevin GulliksonF6–7210JRStillwater, Minnesota / Stillwater Sr. HS3 Trevon HughesG6–1180SOQueens, New York / St. John's NW Academy24Tim JarmuszF/G6–6200FROshkosh, Wisconsin / West HS45Joe KrabbenhoftF/G6–6217JRSioux Falls, South Dakota / Roosevelt HS1Marcus LandryF6–7215JRMilwaukee, Wisconsin / Vincent HS30Jon LeuerF6–10208FROrono, Minnesota / Orono HS52Keaton NankivilF6–9245FRMadison, Wisconsin / Memorial HS2Wquinton SmithG5–11200FRMilwaukee, Wisconsin / Rufus King34Greg StiemsmaC6–11245SRRandolph, Wisconsin / Randolph HS15Brett ValentynG6–4175RS FRVerona, Wisconsin / Verona HS Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12| Regular Season 11/11/2007 6:00pm yes IPFW Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Butch (1) 24 Butch (1) 13 Hughes (1) 5 83–55 1–0 17,190 11/15/2007 9:00pm yes Savannah State Kohl Center Madison, WI America's Youth Classic BTN Hughes (1) 21 Krabbenhoft (1), Butch (2) 10 Steimsma (1), Krabbenhoft (1) 4 79–32 2–0 17,190 11/16/2007 8:00pm yes yes Florida A&M Kohl Center Madison, WI America's Youth Classic BTN Landry (1), Bohannon (1) 17 Krabbenhoft (2) 10 Flowers (1) 5 88–40 3–0 17,190 11/17/2007 8:00pm yes Colorado Kohl Center Madison, WI America's Youth Classic BTN Hughes (2) 18 Butch (3) 8 Landry (1) 5 78–52 4–0 17,190 11/24/2007 6:30pm yes Georgia Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Hughes (3) 18 Butch (4) 13 Krabbenhoft (2) 5 68–49 5–0 17,190 11/27/2007 9:00pm l yes yes 20 Duke 7 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ACC-Big Ten Challenge ESPN Leuer (1), Hughes (4) 12 Landry (1) 6 Flowers (2), Hughes (2) 3 82–58 5–1 9,314 12/3/2007 9:00pm yes 23 Wofford Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN2 Bohannon (2) 14 Landry (2) 9 Krabbenhoft (3), Flowers (3) 4 70–43 6–1 17,190 12/8/2007 6:00pm l yes 23 Marquette 15 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN360 Butch (2) 17 Leuer (1), Krabbenhoft (3), Landry (3), Butch (5) 5 Landry (2), Hughes (3) 4 81–76 6–2 17,190 12/12/2007 8:00pm yes yes Wisconsin–Milwaukee US Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI Landry (2) 16 Butch (6) 7 Hughes (4) 3 61–39 7–2 10,017 12/15/2007 6:00pm yes UW-Green Bay Kohl Center Madison, WI Krabbenhoft (1) 12 Krabbenhoft (4) 10 Krabbenhoft (4) 5 70–52 8–2 17,190 12/22/2007 8:30pm yes Valparaiso Kohl Center Madison, WI Hughes (5) 14 Krabbenhoft (5) 11 Krabbenhoft (5) 7 68–58 9–2 17,190 12/29/2007 12:00pm yes yes Texas 9 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX Butch (3) 21 Butch (7) 11 Butch (1), Landry (3), Bohannon (1) 3 67–66 10–2 16,438 1/2/2008 7:00pm yes 24 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI Leuer (1) 25 Landry (4) 6 Krabbenhoft (6) 4 70–54 11–2 (1–0) 8,855 1/5/2008 12:00pm 24 Iowa Kohl Center Madison, WI Butch (4) 22 Krabbenhoft (6), Butch (8) 7 Landry (4), Flowers (4), Hughes (5) 2 64–51 12–2 (2–0) 17,190 1/10/2008 9:00pm w 21 Illinois Kohl Center Madison, WI Hughes (6) 22 Butch (9) 7 Hughes (6) 5 70–60 13–2 (3–0) 17,190 1/15/2008 9:00pm yes 17 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA Flowers (1) 23 Butch (10) 12 Flowers (5) 5 80–55 14–2 (4–0) 8,600 1/19/2008 9:00pm 17 Northwestern Kohl Center Madison, WI Landry (3) 21 Krabbenhoft (7) 9 Bohannon (2), Flowers (6), Hughes (7) 2 62–50 15–2 (5–0) 17,190 1/22/2008 7:00pm 11 Michigan Kohl Center Madison, WI Flowers (2), Landry (4) 14 Flowers (5), Krabbenhoft (8) 5 Flowers (7), Hughes (8) 3 64–61 16–2 (6–0) 17,190 1/26/2008 4:00pm l yes 11 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN Butch (5) 20 Butch (11) 13 Flowers (8) 3 60–56 16–3 (6–1) 14,123 1/31/2008 9:00pm w 13 Indiana 11 Kohl Center Madison, WI Hughes (7) 16 Krabbenhoft (9) 12 Krabbenhoft (7) 5 62–49 17–3 (7–1) 17,190 2/3/2008 2:00pm w yes 13 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Hughes (8) 20 Flowers (2) 8 Krabbenhoft (8) 5 63–47 18–3 (8–1) 14,625 2/6/2008 9:05pm w yes 8 Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Landry (5) 16 Krabbenhoft (10) 8 Krabbenhoft (9) 2 60–54 19–3 (9–1) 12,342 2/9/2008 9:00pm l 8 Purdue Kohl Center Madison, WI Bohannon (3), Flowers (3) 14 Landry (5), Krabbenhoft (11) 9 Flowers (9), Hughes (9) 3 72–67 19–4 (9–2) 17,190 2/13/2008 7:00pm w yes 14 Indiana 12 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Bohannon (4) 18 Krabbenhoft (12) 10 Steimsma (2), Flowers (10) 3 68–66 20–4 (10–2) 17,320 2/16/2008 2:00pm w 14 Minnesota Kohl Center Madison, WI Landry (6) 12 Butch (12) 8 Landry (5) 3 65–56 21–4 (11–2) 17,190 2/20/2008 9:00pm yes 10 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Hughes (9) 18 Landry (6), Krabbenhoft (13), Butch (13) 5 Landry (6), Flowers (11) 3 71–57 22–4 (12–2) 16,618 2/24/2008 4:00pm w yes 10 Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS Bohannon (5) 16 Landry (7) 9 Flowers (12) 6 58–53 23–4 (13–2) 19,049 2/28/2008 9:00pm 9 Michigan State 15 Kohl Center Madison, WI Butch (6) 16 Butch (14) 7 Hughes (10) 4 57–42 24–4 (14–2) 17,190 3/5/2008 9:00pm w 8 Penn State Kohl Center Madison, WI Landry (7) 15 Flowers (3) 8 Flowers (13) 9 77–41 25–4 (15–2) 17,190 3/8/2008 3:00pm w yes 8 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Butch (7) 20 Butch (15) 14 Krabbenhoft (10) 4 65–52 26–4 (16–2) 8,117 |- !colspan=12| Big Ten tournament 3/14/2008 12:00pm yes 6 Michigan Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament – Quarterfinals Krabbenhoft (2) 12 Stiemsma (1), Landry (8), Krabbenhoft (14) 7 Flowers (14) 2 51–34 N/A 27–4 3/15/2008 1:40pm yes 6 Michigan State 19 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament – Semifinals CBS Butch (8) 19 Krabbenhoft (15) 10 Flowers (15) 3 65–63 N/A 28–4 3/16/2008 3:30pm yes 6 Illinois Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten tournament – Finals CBS Butch (9) 12 Krabbenhoft (16) 7 Landry (7) 4 61–48 14,579 29–4 |- !colspan=12| NCAA tournament 3/20/2008 9:50pm yes yes 3 (seed) Cal St. Fullerton 14 (seed) Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE First Round CBS Butch (10) 14 Landry (9) 12 Hughes (11), Flowers (16) 4 71–56 17,162 30–4 3/22/2008 4:20pm yes yes 3 (seed) Kansas State 11 (seed) Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE Second Round CBS Hughes (10) 25 Stiemsma (2) 7 Flowers (17) 4 72–55 N/A 31–4 3/28/2008 3:30pm l yes yes 3 (seed) Davidson 10 (seed) Ford Field Detroit, MI Sweet Sixteen CBS Flowers (4) 12 Flowers (4), Landry (10) 6 Bohannon (3) 3 73–56 N/A 31–5 http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/wis-m-baskbl-2007-08-sched.html Badgers 2007-08 Men's Basketball Schedule 2014-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414060104/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/wis-m-baskbl-2007-08-sched.html 2013-04-14 dead References Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons Wisconsin Wisconsin Badge Badge